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That was the solution around here. If the owner cares they'll pay to get it out of the shelter, pay to have it vaccinated and licensed, pay to keep it contained next time, and later pay attention so it doesnt happen again. Or the animals go away. We have responsible neighbors now. It took a...

One neighbor here had a habit of shooting animals that wandered across his property. Rabbits, gophers, the neighbors cat (they made sure the entire neighborhood heard about that), another neighbors dog (spent three days in the county jail). 25yrs later and it's still talked about - that pos will...

Yah, but that's back to blowing snow and splitting wood. A heart attack for sure.

Very few job's make someone out of breath enough to make speach difficult for over 1/2 hour at a time. I used to walk for 1-1/2hrs a day, split wood, work on the farm, etc. That was good. But I didn't notice marked very noticable improvement to gout, body aches, out of breath, tiredness, overall...

Here, cutting and splitting firewood creates a little bit of a workout. A couple neighbors looked at the 10cord stacks I have (1yr each stack) and mentioned how impressive the amount of work it was. I waved over to the old farm buildings, and told how in the 60s, almost all of the work filling...

I do a 1-1/2hr walk at sunrise everyday, no matter the weather. A couple times a week bike 20miles on the road, or 10mi off road, but that's usually spring summer fall only, weights and row or treadmill in the winter. The scenery, wildlife, crops growing, the prior nights animal tracks and...

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There's an area in northern WI where there is small remnant if virgin white pine. Walking along the trail is an odd experience. Birds roosting above yet you can't see them because of the height. The trail meanders along around blowdowns and deadfalls, because a stepladder would be needed to go...

Is your bucket curl cylinder bent?

For a long time the sequence at most gas pumps was to pay, lift a lever, select grade, then pump. But on some there was an additional button located somewhere to actually turn the pump on. Most pumps had no additional button, 1 in 50 did. Each time I would encounter a button pump, I would fumble...

Student driving for the first time in the 67 impala along with the instructor and 2 others in the back. Ok now, so use your blinker, then make a left turn. I flipped the blinker lever up (automatic shift lever), launched everything in reverse, and left a nice long burnout. Everything came to a...

Just got done driving across Montana. There are vast areas that resemble a whole lot like the surface of Mars. No need for a space suit, just a varmit rifle, 4x4, and a dog in the back. And I'm not a water type, so skip that.

Those who listen to the "news". The wreck of the SS Atlantic may be far more interesting, something most have never heard of.

If I can't figure out someone's acronym in about 1sec, then MGU, (message goes unread). You're all lucky I gave a definition of my wonderful acronym, so you didn't have to waste time figuring, then asking, then going back and reading again, then realizing the message was worthless.

Pal steel Palmyra Wi may have what you need. Wouldn't hurt to call. 1/2x4 bevel edge, heat treated was $12/ft 3mo ago. They have acres of surplus steel also. Pal Steel Company 414 S 3rd St Palmyra, WI 53156. (262) 495-4453

You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off of.

For years, the way I did things was to find a way. That was partly out of necessity (lack of money), and partly out of philosophy (being poor doesn't mean living poorly). I have a lot of things, and there are those that I wish I'd gotten (or made) sooner, but I didn't buy them. But to your point...

Here they send out a notice that they will be trimming. The electric company easement was signed in 1936 giving rights to place poles and enter properties for upkeep and maintenance. The county sheriff would be called if yayhoos started causing trouble.

Solo 454 1.5 gallon Viton seals Large capacity pump Compatable with oils and bleach I use it with a very fine tjet nozzle for basal spraying brush, then switch nozzles for foliar spray.

One mans junk is another mans treasure. Uhm, dad, you could have found a better way to tell me I was adopted.

The batteries for the tv remote went dead here in 2004. For the life of me, I could not remember to pick up new batteries when I was at the store. Something was up. I have a way of forgetting to do things or dismissing things that are unimportant (to me).

Next step is baling all that straw? Other equipment must be steep hillside compatable also.

Forks can do anything. Creativity is the key.

There are over 9,000 independent oil and natural gas producers in the United States. Independent producers develop 91 percent of the wells in the United States – producing 83 percent of America’s oil and 90 percent of America’s natural gas. I haven't heard of any American oil cartel. And if...

Lincoln Navigator rental- that's the POS "big black beast" we had too, where we couldn't find a way to get the rear hatch open, and finally threw the luggage over the back seat. Way too much distracting tech.

The bumper sticker probably has something to do with it.

I think just about everything anyone does becomes a matter of tolerance and apptitude. There are a lot of things I can do myself that others can't or won't. But there are also many things that are just the opposite. Also, it's been a goal for a long time in the automotive world to reduce the...

Until cost cutting cuts the margin on those castings (and everything else) razor thin. Failure then is only one slight misstep away.

The tenon to no where. It's fascinating puzzling together construction, original and later. Sometimes beams were reused from even older buildings.

Someday I'd like to see a picture of masons building one of those stone walls. To take field stone, create a remarkably flat surface, with very heavy material, glued together with processed marsh marl - those guys were skilled. And pounding together 1000lb mortise and tenon beams 30ft up...

But there is far more than just taking a tape measure to it. Welments that are concealed inside, size and type of welds and material properties are just some of the things that could add major differences yet go undetected. In the past before strain gauges or FEA they just added more material...

Rear ballast is measured in number of fatguys. Kind of like t (tons), lb (pounds), fg (fatguys).

The growth rings tell a story about how the tree grew, and under what conditions. Sometimes the first 100yrs it was in shade, hardly grew year by year, maybe only 10" dia, then the canopy opens and it grows to 36" in the next 50. It's interesting to me, so I always count the rings. I noticed...

I used to be very sentimental about old oaks. They were witnesses to so much. But here, one would die, and we would mourn, then another, and we would mourn, then a dozen, then two dozen. It's sad to take a chainsaw to a 200yr old oak, but the sadness is now more like a sense of utility - all...

The log ends here have two types of dovetail joints, with Cornish and Norwegian ancestry. Yours have something different. Where would they have gotten that from? Also, spagnum moss was used for chinking on the Norwegian tamerack, and mortar on the white oak.

Within a few miles of here there were 7 log cabins that I knew of, close enough to take the banana seat bike to and play around in. These were built around1846. Two are still standing, restored: White oak logs Very straight tamerack logs from a nearby marsh And another was where my gggreat...

Bats live behind the post and beams. I can hear them chattering during the day, and at dusk they fly, circle three times, then leave. There was a barn owl nesting one year. The pigeon holes and boxs are used also - their sound echoes twice as loud. 1959 vintage camper rebuild.

Around here those public roads, back when the barns were built, were single lane wagon trails. Only slightly before that those wagon trails were indian foot trails between lakes and marshes. We had one barn that was nearly right on the road, so that they could travel to and from the fields and...

I just heard that yard sticks are not being made any longer.

Someone mentioned earlier that they used the number of lug nuts as an indicator of axle capacity. I didn't think that was necessarily so, and by your description it sounds like that's clearly not the case. The front and rear rims on my ck4010 both have the same number of lug bolts/nuts, yet...

I used to think that way. Why retire when I'm doing what I love to do. Like driving an old beater because it's comfy and familiar, until you get something else that changes that idea completely.

But the number of lug bolts are different.

I have a small trailer that I made. It has a 3/4 1018 cold rolled axle, with sleeve bearing turf tires, and can easily cart around 5-700lb. In medium sized fat guys, that would be about 2 to 3 of them sitting on it. For comparison, that's about the loader capacity of a JD2025. There are also...

It's a manufactures goal to reduce cost, but it would be a huge PR issue if axle failures were to start showing up on the public perception radar. It's one thing to state limitations (axle specs), and create other limitations (hydraulic relief), but word gets around quickly if failures become...

The local airport here has someone who restored a Stearman. I see it out fairly often. Kind of a unique story behind it. There are enough pilots and builders in the area, so every so often we'll get a nice acrobatic show over the farm...

Monkeys will travel miles to get to the fermented fruit.

When I made my counter weight, I put together a spreadsheet to add to the fun. It doesn't matter where the fulcrum is, either front axle or rear. The results would come out the same. But using the front axle eliminated the front axle weight as an unknown. I figured two ways - maintaining 25%...

Who paid taxes on the property for those 20yrs, and would the "new" owner be liable for those? And the "previous" owner reimbersed?

In high school the shop kids restored an old International 400. They pulled it to start it, popped the clutch, and

The operation here is for egg layers. One building group starts purchased chicks and grows them out until laying age. Another, a mile away (probably for disease control) houses the layers and egg processing plant. Once the layers age out, they're sent off for processing, one house at a time. It...

Your the one with the industrial ag background, according to you. Mega farms are family farms, and they've been increasing in size for 10,000 years. That's a good one, I'll remember that.

The dried poop added to the feed would have been about 35 yrs ago, so there is a good chance that has changed. Back then they had 13 barns, 3000/ea. Then a 30,000 building was added. Now they are down to 6 barns or so, but 2.7million chickens. They still dry the waste, but last I heard they...

Here it was always "it's going to be an early spring, the dumpy birds are back". Flocks of noisy starlings, in the trees and on the old brick silo. For the last several years there is a pair of cranes that fly in from the sw every morning, forage on rye and corn all day, then fly out sw at...

The chicken farm down the road used to feed back a small percentage of dried chicken manure to the laying hens. Last year the same operation had to throw out the whole batch of chickens due to a bird flue virus. 3 million chickens and any eggs on site, mixed with compost to heat and kill the...

Oak wilt has spread from western Wi to Se Wi here in the last 6 yrs. One or two oaks dead has become 5 to 10 a year. Looks like it's moving into your area by Knoxville. You may get many more dying in the next few years. Sawmills generally want 40acres here, not 4 trees, no yard trees or dead and...

Jurassic park was controversial because it was too realistic and could possibly tramatize kids. Stop motion animation, like Clash of the titans 10 yrs earlier at least had a sense of fakeness.

1968

When MaryAnn was a young boy.

Kind of like the old party lines.

Tarzan I forgot about the guy getting ripped apart on the trapeze. We were an ignorant bunch.

Walter Cronkite often cited as "the most trusted man in America" CBS, 1962-1981

Super chicken. Drinking super juice, and reading playchick magazine, then taking the super coup after the wild hair and the zipper.

It is self priming. Shurflo pumps are used on a lot of applications such as RV's, live wells, other applications that need remote fresh water pumps. They've been around a long time, and have a good reputation.

My experience: My need list was the same as yours. I initially went with a Fimco 25gallon boomless spayer from FarmFleet, around $500. I was able to go through 3 tanks full. Half way through the 4th it lost pressure. The screws holding the halves of the pump together had come loose. I can...

I used 1/8" ply for the walls, ceiling and cabinets, when I made our scratch build camper. Only needed 15 sheets though.

I have both, pipe/chain and a tree puller. On steep slopes I can attach the pipe to 30ft of chain to get at and remove invasive brush. It's labor intensive, on and off the tractor, one bush/tree at a time. But we have 1000s of trees and invasive bushes, mostly in and around fences, lot lines...

It's something like 1020 steel and heat treated on the bevel, 1-1/2" or so. They have a variety, 3/16 to 3/4 thick, 3 to 8" wide. Hot roll 1020 I think should be drillable. Not sure how the ready made units are as far as material, but sounds like maybe they temper the whole pc.

So, I contacted the kioti dealer in Crossplains. He said they have kioti bolt on bucket edges, $230. Pal Steel in Palmyra has 1/2x4 tempered bevel edge material, $12.30/ft. I might go with the 1/2x4 cut to length, plug weld some grade5 studs, for under $100.

Nice description. Someone who wants to know the whys and wherefors. I can relate.

I see a number of bolt on edges available. It's something I hadn't anticipated, but sounds like what's needed. It's not too worn, and there are bolt holes available now that maybe I can use.

Using the bucket on concrete for snow removal and firewood creates a lot of wear on the blade. What's the best way to prevent that. Back in the day we would just run it, and wait for stuff to wear out. Hard face? Weld on skid plates, or something bolt on like teeth or ? Picture doesn't look like...

Splitting some black locust for runners to stack cordwood on. They split surprisingly easy. Hammer a hatchet into the small end, wedge the rest. Two minutes, 15ft. Years ago I watched the neighbor split rails for fence posts. He cut up a woodlot full, fence posts for life. Finally tried it myself.

Tbn approved way of removing trees: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/whats-your-technique-for-removing-trees-brush-with-your-grapple-heres-mine.282691/

We replaced the defrost heat element on our 30yr old hotpoint after finding it wasn't defrosting. They aren't real complicated once it's figured out. Thermostat, timer, heat coil, switches.

I finally took the control cover off and crunched the buzzer with a pliers. Nasty thing. Buzz once is great, but every 15sec means either listen to it or, get up, open the door, slam it as hard as you can, sit down. Thing finally died, and the new one we made sure the alarm is once and done.

We had a deer trying out to be a gymnast. Ran out, jumped up, over the hood rolled over the roof, landed off the back and took off. Perfect 10. I was out taking photos with a tripod at night once. Must have sounded odd, crunching around in the snow, that it attracted one of the locals (coyote)...

And all of the cars that I've seen do not have batteries in trunk. Fun way to learn.

The saturn was my mothers. She had had a heart attach, pulled over, dead. Later that evening I went to get the car and drive it home. Put down a towel, turn the key, battery dead. Get the manual out? Some things should be readily apparent without a chinese puzzle to figure out. Things like...

Family had a 07 Saturn with a dead battery. The battery was in the trunk, with an electric latch on the trunk. No worky. Had to lower the back seat, crawl into the locked trunk from the inside, find the inside latch to get it open.

Could you please explain this government program. Around here guys have dogs with radio collars, drive the roads, then run in quick to get their kill. Maybe there is a better way.

I use wind chill to determine potential freezing of pipes, with a couple of conditions. Wind chill is a factor of temperature and wind speed. One of the farm houses here has infiltration issues, on the west side, right where the kitchen pipes are located. Below zero "wind chill numbers", with...

MCR sidekick 16010 leather gloves. In bulk, online, $6-7 per pair. We used them at work for handling iron and cable. I bought a dozen for home use - about 4yrs ago, with a couple new "pairs" left, and a set in every barn, building and vehicle. Just about time to reorder...

One neighbor here has a tree shear. I notice that he likes to promote using it for fencerows, on others farms and rented land but not his own. Another neighbor has a tree puller. He pulls, piles and burns on his own land, and pulls and leaves it lay on others and rented land. Doing it half way...

Ways to control brush (se WI, temperate northern climate, borderline prairie): Burn the area. Every 3yrs will control most brush and saplings. Chemicals like brush guard, triclopyr4, remedy - basal spray up to 4" caliper, broadcast for area control. Mowing often, like a lawn or hayfield. Brush...

My neighbor scarfed half a dozen steel empty concrete form release barrels. Stashed them back out of the way along a fence. Mmm, yum. That was 10yrs ago. Barrels are cheap - buy what you need, when you need them, and skip the hoarding urge.

On the first one minute human powered helicopter flight, the max first 10seconds were about 1100watts (1.5hp). Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter - AHS Sikorsky Prize Flight

Power transmission (transmitting power) includes far more than gear reduction, or a driveline, or drawbar. Power can be converted from many forms to many other forms - electric, electromechanical, mechanical, fluid, heat, with many different units of measure. In the end energy is conserved, so...

Brake Hp, PTO Hp, drawbar Hp, horsey Hp, all the same. It's the transmission package that changes.

Mine regens every 28hrs, in 300hrs. The timing doesn't seem to matter how it's used. But, I never idle lower than 1700rpm, and most of the time working it's at 2000-2200rpm. At those rpms, the hydrostatic and hydraulic work much better, the engine has the power needed, I'm usually trying to get...

You have very dry low humidity summers where you are? Whenever drying success and methods come up, location has a lot to do with it. Here in se Wi, I can get away without top covering, then after a midsummer drought get it under cover. Guys out east or the northwest coastal areas need more time...

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Slowly working through this years oak wilt. Last year is already stacked.

Xxx acres. If you have land, it all needs a source of power. I watched my neighbor, with an acre, pickup, trailer and boomer40. He sure seems to get around with that thing. Think outside the box.

There are several 1000 acres of drained marshland near here. Early on they used a lot of track types. My uncle has a alice m-crawler he's used since the 40s. Get the tractor stuck, unhook, pull it with the crawler, rehitch and keep going. He doesn't sink out of sight on the marsh like we would...

Ck4010 For the hyd and hst: Channel lock 215 Be prepared to put a shoulder to them the first time. Grab ahold of the o-ring base. For the engine filter. Strap wrench

The wise thing to do would be to have some sort of backup regardless of primary heat or power source. Here we have wood heat, gas, electric, backup gen, fireplace, take your pick. A few years ago my daughter was in Norway. The airbb places she stayed all had electric heat, and a wood stove. For...

I used to make up a batch of egg carton wax and sawdust firesrarters. Then I got lazy and skipped the sawdust. They work just as well.

Our connection box outside the house. Male end of the cord to the generator, female to the house connection. No chance of crossing the generator with the utility.

The last time a bald eagle was sighted here was 1959. Now there is a nest 1/2 mile away. They're back.

The byproducts of combustion are co2, h2o, along with others. For every lb of wood, 50% is produced as water in the form of steam. Add the moisture content to that. That's a lot of water that can condense in a cold chimney. It only takes a few days to completely plug a pipe with creosote if you...

Here in WI I've been able to get away with uncovered stacks outside, then after a midsummer drought bring in the years supply, half in the garage, half in a leanto just outside the backdoor. 2-1/2 cord each. I remember a few years ago when the east coast was wet - stuff wouldn't dry without...

I put a gauge on the smoke pipe. Tel-tru 200-1000. I try to keep it above 300.

Try shearing something cosssways on a 20ton log splitter. Should give a rough approximation. The puller would have a smaller cylinder, but more mechanical advantage. Add a sharp insert on one side to cut with.

Free vs bound water. Free water in the pores can evaporate out in weeks. The water bound within the fibers can take years. Most of the free water is gone by the time around 30% moisture is reached. Guys running outside boilers seem to like it at that - slows the burn, steady heat. If the chimney...

Looking around, most don't do it your way. My neighbor has also been heating his place for 10 years, with rounds and logs laying around, then split and piled when needed. Two weeks ago he split a trailer full. Two days ago he fired up the stove and promptly had a chimney fire with smoke damage...

No matter what the ads tell you, your precious pickup is not more powerful than a giant swirling toilet bowl.

My sister has -38f in Choteau MT. Has been for days. Here, the only time my car ever overheated was when it was -40f. Time to check the "antifreeze". I don't listen to the drama, so it's just winter here.

Temps here dropped from 30f to 6f in 6hrs since sunrise. Se Wi. Only 3" of snow

Could you define brush. What kinds of things do you have that need removing in WA.

Yah, -3f here last night. No room here either. Gas was $2.79, diesel $3.89 tonight at the local stop and rob. Double double, toil and trouble, cauldrons burn boil and bubble.

Yes, this is where the money is. But that's usually omitted when talking buying and selling. It's more fun to say I bought one year, sold it later, and "made money" on the transaction, when that may not be (probably isn't ) the case. That 4020 cost 50k just to keep it around based just on resale...

Oak has a very long tap root. The tensile strength to snap that root is 10,000psi. Hickory also has a strong tap root. I have not managed to get one out yet by just pulling on it.

No one does. A 1971 deere 4020 is now averaging $20k. Originally 10-12k. That original money has inflated now to $70k, but ask anyone and the depreciation is nill, and it has really held its value, like it's some kind of investment.

Big barn, 1886 Small barn,1898 Threshing, 1918

On a CK4010 I have the stinger stp-34. A neighbor saw what I was doing, then got a used titan puller for his skid steer. "Ok now I know why u kept taking trees out! Cleaned up at home at night and now working down the road on my dad's and uncle's field. Just watch out for bigger mulberry...

Replacment parts are a matter of sourcing and stocking. Oem companies have the information. It's a matter of releasing prints, getting quotes, then stocking. I worked for a company that had in the past made some replacement parts that required fairly extensive operations - broaching, hot...

If we had a couple billion young and able people scratching to find work for a nickel a day, automation and productivity here would also still be where it was in 1900. The first shop I was in (late 80s) still had similar equipment shown in the video stored in the back room and under the bench...

I finally realized why they prefered Guernsey and Jersey cows and similar types. More butterfat with less milking by hand.

One gut wrenching comedy - we dropped an electric fence to the ground to transfer a group to another pasture. One by one, they leaped over the now barely visible wire. We stood back like spectator judges. Can't say I've ever seen a bull jump very high though, sniffing or not.

In central WI the army ammo factory and grounds has a chain link fence surrounding the place (8000 acres of bunkers and storage). Funny watching the herds of deer migrate out during bow season (which is allowed within), then back in during gun season (which is allowed in the surrounding woods).

Had two horses jump a fence here. One got in with the neighbors horses, got kicked enough to shatter a leg. Grandpa went over, we never saw it again. The other - I noticed horse shoe prints across its backside, talked to a neighbor, sure enough it had been there, hopped the fence to get out...

So many memories.

Like this?

My grandmother had something similar around 1910. I think it was called a kodak brownie camera. My uncle ended up with the photo albums, then my aunt. My aunt valued the photos, but her perspective was limited by the fact that the time periods the photos were taken were almost within her...

We have a similar hay forks as what you show. We used it for small squares, 10-15 bales at a time. There is also the attached photo in the barn. It's before my time, and I'm assuming it was for loose hay. I remember playing around with that loose hayfork, and was able to stab that center shaft...

A project I'm working on. 1958 vintage camper. There are bats, meadow mice, barn swallows, and a resident owl. I spend a lot of time there.

The hatchery where I get my chicks has a fairly large room to incubate chicks, 80x80 or so, with two walls lined with warming rooms that look like walk in freezers. I asked how many hatch in a week during a busy time of year, like May, and was told in a week 25000 chicks, 25000 ducks, 15000...

So about 10,000 per barn. 8 btu each, 80k btu total, or like having a 100k furnace on full time. Open the windows, win win.

Driving over something that tips the tractor, something unseen, like an animal hole, makes any tilt-o-meter useless. Because that 15deg goes to 25 in a split second. I had a situation the other day. Out in the pasture, knee high grass, ran over a hole, oh how nice, who put that pos there. 40yrs...

There was research in the 40s done regarding ventilation and supplemental heat in chicken coops. "Open air coop" and "deep litter bedding" were concepts developed to avoid respiratory and disease issues. Plenty of ventalation (without drafts), no supplemental heat, and a deep layer of composted...

Toes and combs can get frostbite if it gets cold enough, I would say -20f or below. The neighbors had a dozen running around loose. They would roost in the rafters of a pole barn. At -40f they lost a few toes. Other than that they all made it through that cold winter (1979-80).

Two more books for perspective: Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pestcide Dependence R. Robinson Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations D. Mongomery

About the weight of a Farmall Cub. Either way, none of my friends have tractors. All of my neighbors do. Hmm. Most of us around keep to ourselves. If I needed equipment, there's favors I can call.

Put reins on it and drive it like a real traction 'engine'. http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/reinstractor/reinstractor.htm

Tree age here seems to correlate to changes in circumstance. Pre-setlement before 1845, then fire supression, followed by a sequence of events related to owner succesion. I have a picture of the farm from 1918 - there are a total of 3 trees. They are still there, along with 1000 more.

On our 1 mile rural block I can count about 20-25 tractors at 40hp or so. Woodlots, long driveways, large animals, farm yards would account for most of the use. Some have 3 or 4, most just 1.

A different perspective from the internet. Maybe a little less cherry picked. Says boomers are being surpassed, slightly, overall?

We're good with that too. We all migrate to the sunroom/stoveroom. Very cozy. Love the radiant heat on a cold winters night.

Left Orlando yesterday, sunny 73deg. 8deg this morning in Sconsin. Time to get out the coveralls and a sweater. Cat says nope to going outside, better sitting here by the woodstove.

Pushing over trees with the grapple here would result in dead limbs falling onto the tractor, and onto me. And leave behind a pile of tangled roots still on the ground. I would just as soon not repeat that. I prefer cutting larger stuff off at the ground, into 15ft or 1500lb chunks and...

Ms261 and ms462 here. After using smaller saws for years, the first time the 462 was used on white oak I thought the tree was rotten. Nope, just very efficient and fast. It's a good combination. Lots of lightweight power for large wood, the other light and maneuverable for climbing around...

A guy at a company near here (one that I previously worked at) fell into a vat of molten salt brine used for heat treating large racks of parts. He was adding salt to the brine tank (1700deg approx), slipped, and fell in. When I was there, I don't recall ever seeing guard rails, safety...

Speaking of barber chairs. About 100ft tall. Mushrooms on the bark means it's dead and probably won't leaf out next year. Just wait for it to go over.

I while ago I attended a seminar on lean management. The speaker was from AG Edwards. AG Edwards is an investment firm that will invest in (aquire) a company, make changes to improve the bottom line, then sell hopefully for a profit. It was interesting listening to the enthusiasm the guy had...

That was then. How does customer service effect the bottom line (share price) on a corporate level, in 2022. Remember when cars were sold based on how well their service reputation was. We service what we sell, and cars needed a lot of it. That was then. What they are telling us now is to...

The service center is in the 12th building from the left, on the 75th floor. Where'd you say you's all from again?

A CTA50 weighs 195lb, and is $1750. That's less than the forks weigh. And the grapple will still be suitable if the tractor is upgraded. https://www.ctattachments.com/home/compact-tractor-attachments/compact-tractor-grapple/50-john-deere-compact-grapple

Grapple, bucket, tree puller, , , , , forks - currently this is the order of preference here. Like above, the grapple has been a game changer regarding moving tons and tons of wood. It's rare that I handle it by hand anymore other than splitting and stacking. People love their forks, but I...

I discussed this with two in our family who work as county GIS analysts, one in SC, the other in the Chicago metro area. Both mentioned that the only way to accurately know is to have an on the ground survey done. In South Carolina, it isn't uncommon to have GIS survey lines cut across...

But there is always another side to the story. Think Typhoid Mary. A part of the whole thing I would disagree with is trying to big box something that is destined for my kitchen table. If it were possible, honey bees would be housed in 10,000hive condos, manipulated robotically, a conveyer...

But sawer Rob has a bundle ready to go. But where too?

Think commercial beekeepers had any input on that? Reminds me of the "how agriculture works" thread.

If I sawed logs into cabinet grade planks, I would need to find an additional market for it. I wouldn't want more wood in my house, and relatives only need heirloom quality - it ends up less is more. Average here would be $100 maybe $200/year for purchased quality hardwood. Where is your market...

I made a couple of thien pre-seperators for when using a dust vac. One sits on a 55gal barrel in the wood shop, another on a more portable 20gallon. The dust bag on the vac sometimes lasts for several years, while the 55gal barrel could be filled several times.

Another idea for bar oil. Has it's own no drip spout. Comes in large or small sizes. Easy to see the fill level.

Went to km hardwoods instead for some red oak cabinet wood. https://www.kmhardwoods.com/ Nice place, good people, full service, extensive inventory. Attached is a picture of they're saw logs, mostly yard trees. They work around the metal. All of it is free drop offs from municipalities. The red...

I'll be picking up an order of red oak tomorrow from Shawano, WI. Red oak is currently the cheapest in their inventory. https://www.shawanowoodproducts.com They acquire saw logs by the lot, as in say 40acres, and process on their premises. One log would be a hassle. One more grandchild due in...

Always make sure the tractor is parked well away, just in case. 35" dia oak, must be just under 120ft, because that's about where the tractor is.

Ck4010hst, Stinger stp34 tree puller, 1000lb rear counterweight, CTA grapple https://stingerattachments.com/buy/skid-steer-tree-puller-ab/ 5"dia would be an upper limit using the tree puller. Buckthorns/honeysuckle/cherry come out fairly easy. Mulberries have extensive roots that will zipper...

I "kept" bees for 15yrs. I was able to market 6-800lb of honey a year through a local farmer/farmers market. Towards the end the packages I was getting had a survival rate progressively less to the point of it all becoming a money pit. 3yrs ago a couple swarms took over some of the abandoned...

Look up "lawn tractor mud mower", and you'll get an eye full of mod ideas. As far as adding something that would add actual stress to the machine like a 3pt etc, the units are fairly light, and I doubt much work would get done with it. The minute one thing is beefed up, something else would...

We had silage wagons that would unload from the rear, into the dog leg on the silo blower. The wagons had a movable front section, attached by cable to a rotating pipe column in the back. To unload we would unhook the back door to the wagon and prop it up, attach the ratchet to the column, the...

The false front wagons were home made. Not sure if the 90deg unloading forks are still available. The ratchet jack here is in the toolshed yet, and the forks are still hung on the rafters ready to be used.

Carrion flower. Whatever is on it, only likes that plant at the moment.

Potters wasp. Provisioned with caterpillars.

Opened the barn door and ---. The boards I had in my hand instantly got thrown, but skunks seem to walk wherever they want, so just kept coming. The little ones stamp their little feet, then burrow in somewhere with only the working unit showing.

I don't think I've ever seen Canadian Geese perch up high before.

67 Chevy Impala First time in the drivers seat, on the way home - "don't forget the left blinker" - blinker lever is on the left, shifter on the right, chose the right lever. Drivers training ended for a while at that point.

August is a good time to stow away wood here. Usually there is a late summmer drought, which means dried wood put away stays dry for the winter. This year, mid September, just got 4 cord that was seasoned outside put under shelter to feed the stove through the winter, and wouldn't you know, next...

Width in ft x mph x .1 = acres per hour approximately. ft x mph x .1 = ac/hr brush mower here is 42" 3.5ft , 4mph = 1.4ac/hr zeroturn deere 935f, 72" 6ft, 4mph = 2.4ac/hr Total 7ac, takes about 4hrs. I figure, if I take the 935f out of the barn, run around for 1-1/2hrs, then put it away...

These were produced up until 1967, a little over 50yrs ago. There is some really coarse loose hay in the barn that has been there "for ever". The question recently was how to get it out of there, because a fork barely works with it at all. Another lost art going away.

The previous owner here lamented endlessly about how to maintain 7ac of "lawn" in perpetuity. Trouble is you can't take it with you, and the next owner now rough mows most of it once a year with a 42" brush cutter. Takes about 2-1/2 hrs. Once and done. A bigger unit would be nice, but not...

The small shed on the left was built in 2016, with the scaffold materials ending up used for part of the shed. The metal roof on the right, scaffold was put up yesterday, gone by tomorrow. So there is something to be said about rent/own/store/build depending on use and abilities.

Now days duplex head nails are mostly used for concrete form work. But to buy them today, a lot of times they are still called scaffold nails. It takes about $125 in materials and 45min to put up 8ft x 16ftlong scaffold, with the materials re-useable afterwards for other projects. In this...

I used to keep honey bees out on one of the back lots. I thought it was interesting that mowing the lawn nearby never seemed to initiate any adverse response. None. Maybe it was the vibration, type of bees etc. I had the trailer hooked up behind once, and decided to drive over and check up...

I know several very wealthy people who seem to be disciplined enough to do just that. Of course you wouldn't know it by the looks of their simple life they lead.

In 1969 my aunt passed, with $200 going to all of her nephews/nieces. My cousin bought a pony - shetland, miserable beast. Mine was invested in a growth fund. A couple years later, he was sick of the pony and trucked it back to the original owner. So we went down to pick up that pony for...

Grass hanging off of the right side, right tire pushed off the rim, the uphill side turf all matted down, the batwing mangled and laying in an odd position, it did more than just flip on it's side. Looks to have rolled a couple times.

I usually just leave them alone. Had one under the eave by the kitchen door, but I usually see them in trees. A racoon kept reaching up and batting at this one and would take the bottom off. They just kept rebuilding. A hard freeze will kill them off, all but the queen.

The op has one house, on uneven ground, with decks. Any suggestions?

And the deer. Even though they've grown, the doe is still playing decoy 3mo later. Interesting to watch. Too fancy deer stand, yah der hay.

You neglected to mention the operating weight of an oxen, averages between 1150 and 1350lbs, depending on season.

The point is, you don't need 40hp to pull a plow. I like the idea of a rototiller. A disk may work well too amongst all those roots.

I would say they are wrong. Who would say something like that. On this place, there are several plowshares from an 1880s Oliver walking plow, and they all look pretty worn to me. And if the land was virgin prairie, back in the day there were only a few around here who had breaking plows to get...

I don't do acronyms, so not sure what you're talking about.

I bought it on a recommendation from someone with similar experience as yours. And I do need coverage for woodlot trails and pasture areas, mostly to keep the invasive brush out. Maybe things have changed in 12yrs. What I got was cheaply built, with expensive to replace parts that self...

This spring I bought a fimco 25gallon atv sprayer. https://www.fimcoindustries.com/sprayers/atv-sprayers/pid56/fimco-25-gallon-atv-sprayer-3-nozzle-boomless/ After about 3-4hrs run time using it, the high flow pump fell apart (metal screws stripped the plastic housing and backed out), and the...

You could do like the local county park guys did a few years ago. Several park entrances were graced by a very nicely warped like a boomerang stack of 2x6's, stacked, nailed together, and installed, with a nice street light at the top. After about 2 yrs the light at the top was about 10ft off...

In first grade the teacher made me at least try the tasty noodle casserole that was offered at lunch. I barfed on her shoes. So memorable. Never got reprimanded again for that one.

No fire ants here. No fire ants, ticks, venomous snakes, bears or wolves. Coons eat the sweet corn, deer nip off the soybeans, woodchucks burrow under the foundations, other than that, we're kind of in a "not much hassle from the wildlife" zone.

Could you describe your solar system size, total cost, and annual milage?

This would be my take on a big barn retirement shop. 1958 mobile scout vintage camper rebuild. The tarp on top folds down - keeps the bats off of it.

And make sure the levers and pins are lubed and slide freely. They can bind easily and create a nogo situation.

I wonder if tick populations are more regional than cyclical. Here I can walk all day everyday in woods, tall grass, fields, and see maybe one in a year. I visited Rhinelander, WI, where we walked a utility right of way, and came back with hundreds. Both places have lots of deer. I would tend...

This💩 Stacking brush is a little different. It's fine in concept, but twigs and branches are going to get away. And the **gard thing in this case, whatever it's called, is lightly made and weak. (Whatever it's design intent, it's not working well for stacking brush piles.) If we're going there...

I'm looking at this and feel pessimistic. Where the guard angles up and away from your 2 1/2" plates is where bending occurs on mine. Not sure that beefing up the base plate would have any benefit. I can understand why they would design something weaker than the tractor framework, but just...

I don't think seeing them equates to being rare. We had several chickens taken, with a game cam verifying was a fox. I've seen a dozen foxes in a lifetime. As far as the op's unknown burrow - back when I was a kid, I would set traps by holes in the fields just to see what I would catch. One time...

The best HVAC system in our house is no system at all. Wood heat, via stand alone wood stove, and two small window air units, provide the perfect heating and cooling system here. Two story, with windows facing south, and enough overhang from the soffit to provide shading in the summer, good...